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Confucianism and Taoism World Religions
and
The Archeology of World Religions
The three books for which I base my review on are the following: Confucianism World Religions, by Thomas and Dorothy Hoobler, published in 1993, Taoism World Religions, by Paula R. Hartz, also published in 1993, and The Archeology of World Religions, authored by Jack Finegan, published in 1952.
I would first like to give thanks to these authors for writing on such interesting topics. The books in combination gave me tremendous insight into the lives and teachings of many of the great Chinese philosophers and the periods of rule. The authors explained in detail how the leaders of the Chinese people incorporated Confucianism and Taoism into their way of life, and how the two philosophies helped in ruling their countries. Based on my reading of these books, I have concluded that, there are numerous similarities in the historical accounts of these religions. The authors are very well......

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